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Saskatchewan producers say bovine TB compensation inadequate

News Roundup from the June 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Karen Briere June 11, 2025

Glacier FarmMedia – Efforts to trace the bovine tuberculosis case discovered last fall have put several farms in quarantine and under financial pressure. The positive test found on a Saskatchewan cow at slaughter on November 29, 2024, brought with it numerous ramifications as a result of Canada’s tracing policies to ensure continued trade under international […] Read more

Livestock, News

CFIA awards contract for long-awaited foot-and-mouth vaccine bank

By Geralyn Wichers June 10, 2025

The federal government has awarded contracts to vaccine makers in a step toward the creation of a long-awaited foot-and-mouth disease vaccine bank.

File photo of a calf displaying symptoms of coccidiosis.

Cow-Calf, Features, Herd Health

Coccidiosis in beef calves

Veterinary Case Study: Treatment protocols to help manage this common, yet troubling, disease

By Dr. Ron Clarke June 9, 2025

Nate walked through a pen of calves he had just weaned from his first-calf heifers. The day before, he’d noticed flecks of blood in some of the stools, but overall, the calves seemed bright and were eating the hay and chopped oats he offered in bunks. Today, however, he saw blood clots in stools and […] Read more

The critical control points identified and solutions developed by federal regulators and NASA to address potential food safety hazards have essentially eliminated STEC (Shiga toxin-producing E. coli) from beef carcasses.

Beef Cattle, Research, Research on the Record

Food safety’s history in rocket science

Research On the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen June 5, 2025

Food safety problems related to Canadian beef rarely make the news these days, because they hardly ever happen. That hasn’t always been the case. Canada’s food safety has come a long way over the past century. Researchers Xianqin Yang (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe) and Kim Stanford (University of Lethbridge) recently reviewed this history (A […] Read more

The Canadian Pork Council’s Stephen Heckbert speaks at the Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium, November 2024. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

Hogs, Livestock, News

Revamp coming for Canada’s national pig code

Canada’s Code of Practice for Care and Handling of Pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028

By Alexis Kienlen June 3, 2025

The code that sets Canada’s standards care and handling of pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028.

Livestock, News, Reuters

China issues countrywide ban on Brazilian poultry imports

By Reuters May 30, 2025

China has issued a ban on all imports of poultry and related products from Brazil over an avian influenza outbreak, two weeks after suspending import applications from the country's poultry farms.

Beekeepers have a new option to help their hive health. Photo: Miranda Leybourne

Livestock

New bee health product receives federal approval

Hops provide the key ingredient for a new bee immunity tool approved for beekeeper use in Canada

By Jeff Melchior May 29, 2025

Hops provide the key ingredient for a new bee immunity tool approved for beekeeper use in Canada by Health Canada.

Livestock, Reuters

USDA mission to travel to Mexico with eye toward lifting cattle import suspension, Mexico says

By Reuters May 28, 2025

A mission representing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will travel to Mexico in the coming days, Mexico's agriculture ministry said on Tuesday, and could then lift its suspension of Mexican cattle imports.

Livestock, News

Changing spread, prevalence of animal diseases causes new challenges for food, agriculture

World Organization for Animal Health releases State of World’s Animal Health report ahead of general session

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 28, 2025

Animal health is a critical component of public health, food security and economic stability in an increasingly interconnected world, says the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) in its inaugural report.

A man cleans a tractor at a sanitary barrier, after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top buyer China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers, in Montenegro, Brazil May 17, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Vara

Livestock, News, Reuters

Brazil chicken exports tick down in May after bird flu outbreak

By Reuters, Roberto Samora May 27, 2025

Chicken meat exports from Brazil have fallen slightly year-on-year in May, trade data from the government showed on Monday, after the country logged a case of bird flu on a commercial farm.

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle rise to new highs on tight supply, strong cash prices

U.S. grains: Soybeans slip on profit-taking, China trade worries

Ample supplies and improved livestock sector to boost Canadian feed sector: FCC

Animal health

Saskatchewan producers say bovine TB compensation inadequate

CFIA awards contract for long-awaited foot-and-mouth vaccine bank

Coccidiosis in beef calves

Food safety’s history in rocket science

Revamp coming for Canada’s national pig code

China issues countrywide ban on Brazilian poultry imports

New bee health product receives federal approval

USDA mission to travel to Mexico with eye toward lifting cattle import suspension, Mexico says

Changing spread, prevalence of animal diseases causes new challenges for food, agriculture

Brazil chicken exports tick down in May after bird flu outbreak

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